Welcome to A Little Less.
You already know what too much feels like.
It’s not one big thing. It’s the accumulation of every small thing that quietly became yours — the appointments, the meals, the mental load of keeping track of everything for everyone, the pressure to do it all with patience and grace and a clean kitchen.
You’re not failing. You’re just carrying more than one person should have to carry. And the world keeps handing you more — better systems, expert advice, someone else’s morning routine that will finally make it all click.
Nobody is asking you to put some of it down.
That’s what I do here.
I’m Erin. I spent 15 years as a teacher and reading interventionist before I left the classroom to be home with my two kids. And I’ll be honest — I brought the same habits with me. I was still researching everything, still building the systems, still trying to earn the feeling of having it together. It never really came.
What I figured out was that the feeling I was chasing wasn’t on the other side of a better plan. It was on the other side of giving myself permission to stop.
Every week I share what that looks like in my house. The Tuesday I left the kitchen a mess and went to bed. The morning I stopped setting a 5 AM alarm. The specific decisions, the things I’ve stopped doing, the moments I chose myself over the to-do list and everything turned out fine.
No productivity advice. No optimization. No pretending I have it figured out.
Just a little less of the stuff that was costing me too much, and a little more of the life underneath it.
If you’ve been waiting for someone to tell you that you can put some of it down, this is that place. 💕
Where to start
If you’re new here, please don’t feel the need to scroll through the archives. Start right here. These are the three posts that best capture what we’re doing:
I’m so glad you found your way here.
Talk soon,
Erin
